Nas - Nas Is Like(2009)

[00:19.99] Freedom or jail, clips inserted, a baby's bein' born
[00:22.72] Same time my man is murdered, the beginning and end
[00:25.03] As far as rap go, it's only natural, I explain
[00:27.68] My plateau and also, what defines my name
[00:30.15] First it was nasty but times have changed
[00:32.15] Ask me now, I'm the artist but hardcore, my science for pain
[00:35.20] I spent time in the game, kept my mind on fame
[00:38.00] Saw fiends shoot up and do lines of cocaine
[00:40.42] Saw my close friends shot, flatline am I sane?
[00:43.08] That depends, carry Mac-10's to practice my aim
[00:45.65] On rooftops, tape CD covers to trees
[00:48.12] Line the barrel up with your weak picture then squeeze
[00:50.61] Street scriptures for lost souls in the crossroads
[00:53.12] To the corner thugs hustlin' for cars that cost dough
[00:55.79] To the big dogs livin' large, takin' it light
[00:58.27] Pushin' big toys, gettin' nice, enjoyin' your life
[01:00.65] Is what you make it, suicide, few try to take it
[01:03.44] Belt tied around they neck in jail cells naked
[01:05.92] Heaven and hell, rap legend, presence is felt
[01:08.35] And of course N A S are the letters that spell Nas, Nas
[01:11.31] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[01:13.88] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[01:16.16] Nas is like half man half amazing
[01:20.58] No doubt
[01:21.34] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[01:24.48] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[01:26.32] Nas is like half man, half amazing
[01:30.65] No doubt
[01:31.66] Nas is like earth, wind and fire, rims and tires
[01:34.51] Bulletproof glass, inside is the realest driver
[01:36.95] Planets in orbit, line 'em up with the stars
[01:39.65] Tarot cards, you can see the pharaoh Nas
[01:41.73] Nas is like Iron Mike, messiah type
[01:44.18] Before the Christ, after the death
[01:46.14] The last one left, let my cash invest in stock
[01:49.19] Came a along way from blastin', techs on blocks
[01:51.52] Went from Seiko to Rolex, ownin' acres
[01:54.04] From the projects with no chips, to large cake dough
[01:56.88] Dimes, givin' fellatio, siete zeros
[01:59.65] Bet my nine spit for the pesos
[02:01.53] But what's it all worth, can't take it when you under this Earth
[02:04.03] Rich men died and tried, but none of it worked
[02:06.68] They just rob your grave, I'd rather be alive and paid
[02:09.85] Before my number's called, history's made
[02:11.85] Some'll fall but I rise, thug or die
[02:13.88] Makin' choices, that determine my future under the sky
[02:17.02] To rob steal or kill, I'm wondering why
[02:19.01] It's a dirty game, is any man worthy of fame?
[02:22.21] Much to success to ya, even if you wish me the opposite
[02:24.94] Sooner or later we'll all see who the prophet is
[02:27.26] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[02:30.22] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[02:32.22] Nas is like half man half amazing
[02:36.13] No doubt
[02:37.42] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[02:40.18] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[02:42.32] Nas is like half man, half amazing
[02:46.43] No doubt
[02:47.53] Nas is like sex to a nympho but nothin' sweet
[02:50.48] I'm like beef, bustin' heat through your windows
[02:52.65] I'm like a street sweeper, green leaf griever
[02:54.99] Like Greeks in Egypt, learnin' somethin' deep from they teachers
[02:57.44] I'm like crime, like your nine, your man you would die for
[03:00.29] Always got you, I'm like Pac, Dude you would cry for
[03:02.97] I'm like a whole lot of loot, I'm like crisp money
[03:05.58] Corporate accounts from a rich company
[03:07.58] I'm like ecstasy for ladies, I'm like all races
[03:09.90] Combined in one man; like the '99 summer jam
[03:12.83] Bulletproof Hummer man
[03:14.17] I'm like being locked down around new faces and none of 'em fam'
[03:17.86] I'm the feelin' of a millionaire spendin' a hundred grand
[03:20.66] I'm a poor man's dream, a thug poet
[03:22.91] Live it and I write down and I watch it blow up
[03:25.44] Y'all know what I'm like, y'all play it your system every night now
[03:28.32] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[03:31.17] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[03:33.31] Nas is like half man half amazing
[03:37.45] No doubt
[03:38.38] Nas is like life or death, I'm a rebel
[03:41.43] My poetry's deep, I never fell
[03:43.59] Nas is like half man, half amazing
[03:47.55] No doubt
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